. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . 0 in. drivers. There are 30 engines ofthe type, all built in 1902. Over theheavy gradients six coupled 8-wheeledmogul engines are used; some are tenderengines and some tanks, but the latter 152 AILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING April, 1905. arc found to be most satisfactory, be-cause of the extra weight on the drivingwheels. Some of the moguls were builtin America and others in England. From Kobe, the western extremity ofthe island is reached by the SanyoRailway, belonging to a private com-pa


. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . 0 in. drivers. There are 30 engines ofthe type, all built in 1902. Over theheavy gradients six coupled 8-wheeledmogul engines are used; some are tenderengines and some tanks, but the latter 152 AILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING April, 1905. arc found to be most satisfactory, be-cause of the extra weight on the drivingwheels. Some of the moguls were builtin America and others in England. From Kobe, the western extremity ofthe island is reached by the SanyoRailway, belonging to a private com-pany, ending at Shimonoseki. Through Tohi has 18 spans, each 70 feet wide, and20 spans- of 20 feet. At Saijo, 170 miles,the considerable altitude of 722 ft. isattained. The terminus, Shimonoseki, isa part whence a passage over to Kinshuis efTected. In Kinshu there is a after which an easy rise for about 70-miles brings us to a height of above sea level. It is then mostlydown hill for about 100 miles. There isa short pull up to Sendai, where about88 ft. is gained in 7 miles; then easy.


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